8-letter words containing c, o, n, t, r
- contrib. — contributor
- contrist — to make (a person) sad
- contrite — If you are contrite, you are very sorry because you have done something wrong.
- contrive — If you contrive an event or situation, you succeed in making it happen, often by tricking someone.
- contrôlé — officially registered
- controls — a device or mechanism for operating or regulating a car, aircraft, etc
- controul — Archaic spelling of control.
- converts — Plural form of convert.
- coparent — a fellow parent
- copatron — a fellow patron
- corantos — Plural form of coranto.
- coregent — a joint regent
- cornetcy — the commission or rank of a cornet
- cornetto — A woodwind instrument of the 16th and 17th centuries, typically curved, with finger holes and a cup -shaped mouthpiece.
- corniest — pertaining to or affected with corns of the feet.
- cornloft — a loft for storing corn
- cornmoth — a moth, Tinea granella, whose larvae feed on grain
- cornrent — a rent for agricultural land that is paid in corn rather than money
- cornuate — (medicine) Being or pertaining to a hornlike structure, as with a bicornuate uterus.
- cornuted — having horns
- coronate — to crown (a person)
- coronets — Plural form of coronet.
- cortland — a variety of large, dark-red apple
- corybant — a wild attendant of the goddess Cybele
- cothurni — a grave and elevated style of acting; tragic acting; tragedy.
- coturnix — any of several quails of the genus Coturnix of the family Phasianidae
- counter- — Counter- is used to form words which refer to actions or activities that are intended to prevent other actions or activities or that respond to them.
- counters — Plural form of counter.
- counthry — Irish eye dialect spelling of country.
- countrey — Archaic spelling of country.
- countrie — Obsolete spelling of country.
- courante — an old dance in quick triple time
- courting — Law. a place where justice is administered. a judicial tribunal duly constituted for the hearing and determination of cases. a session of a judicial assembly.
- courtney — a feminine and masculine name
- coventry — a city in central England, in Coventry unitary authority, West Midlands: devastated in World War II; modern cathedral (1954–62); industrial centre, esp for motor vehicles; two universities (1965, 1992). Pop: 303 475 (2001)
- cranston — city in R.I.: suburb of Providence: pop. 79,000
- cratonic — Of or pertaining to the craton.
- creation — In many religions, creation is the making of the universe, Earth, and creatures by God.
- creodont — any of a group of extinct Tertiary mammals some of which are thought to have been the ancestors of modern carnivores: order Carnivora
- cretonne — a heavy cotton or linen fabric with a printed design, used for furnishing
- cribnote — crib (def 5a).
- crichton — James. 1560–82, Scottish scholar and writer, called the Admirable Crichton because of his talents
- croatian — of, relating to, or characteristic of Croatia, its people, or their language
- crofting — In Scotland, crofting is the activity of farming on small pieces of land.
- crompton — Richmal, full name Richmal Crompton Lamburn. 1890–1969, British children's author, best known for her Just William stories
- cronkite — Walter, 1916–2009, U.S. newscaster.
- crostini — pieces of toasted bread served with a savoury topping
- crostino — piece of toasted bread served with a savoury topping
- crotalin — a protein in the venom of pit vipers, used as an antigen in the preparation of snake antivenins.
- crotoxin — a toxin in the venom of the North American rattlesnake, Crotalus terrificus.